possible waterspouts and waves can causing coastal flooding and let's continue in maryland and bob barnard is live in annapolis and taking a beating from the heavy rains and mixing the tide, bob and that is a real mess. >> reporter: that's right, high tide is not for another 5 1/2 hours and that is coming out of the city dock harbor here and over the sidewalk. you can see, we'll follow it across here and that is underwater and the street here and businesses are closed and there he is on sand bags and in front of the ice crime shop and was basically damaged and destroyed, $40,000 in repairs them and spoke this time -- to them a short time ago. >> i'm unnerved by this because high tide is not supposed to be until 11:30. >> i get a few more sand bags, i will make it. >> not going to see -- but it could have given us more sand bags and that is cheap. why did you come down? >> taking pictures. >>. that is interesting. >> my car got flooded early jeer and not too bad. >> and all over the city dealing with everything from downed trees and basements needing pumping out and prioritizing the hazardo

fox 5's bob barnard joins us live in the newsroom with more. >> it's a complicated issue. for instance, the four-star general nominated to become the next commandant of the marine corps opposes lifting don't ask don't tell in direct conflict with his civilian and military bosses at the pentagon. at his confirmation hearing before the senate armed services committee marine general james almost said with reservation he would support allowing gays to openly serve in the military if that's what his predecessors decide. >> i think there's parts of this we have not peeled back yet and by that i'm talking some policy issues, standards of conduct issues, the issue of unit cohesion. we're not quite sure what the impact will be on a all volunteer force. >> reporter: the defense secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff support repealing don't ask don't tell and have commissioned a survey of service men and women and their families asking what they think. >> this study, this questionnaire being sent out, assumes repeal of the law, an incredible act of disingenuous behavior

bob barnard, fox 5 news. >> the silver lining here, nobody seriously hurt, just a couple minor injuries. >>> a wild police chase that began in prince george's county ends with a shootout in the district. officers were chasing two cars, a honda and toyota avalon both believed involved in a carjacking early this morning on silver hill road. the suspects in the hyundai bailed out at 31st and g streets south -- in the honda bailed out at 31st and g streets south and exchanged gunfire with police. >>> a vigil for a prince george's county woman struck and killed by a car. shawn yancy swhere at 11:00. >> natasha petty -- is everywhere at 11:00. >> natasha pettigrew was training alone for a triathlon when an suv hit and killed her along route 202 sunday. the drive did not stop but later called -- driver did not stop but later called police to say she thought she hit a deer. no charges were filed. >>> in georgia a fourth alleged victim filed a lawsuit accusing an atlanta pastor of sexual misconduct. three of the young men were members of bishop eddie long's megachurch. they say he seduced them w

bob barnard has the story. >> reporter: this view from sky fox shows you the devastating nature of this fire. three homes side by side up in flames. scores of firefighters virtually powerless to stop it before the damage was done. investigators believe the fire started in the middle house and then quickly spread in both directions. >> it is beyond the expression in words. >> reporter: two people suffered minor injuries but no firefighters were hurt. one woman was hospitalized from the shock of seeing her home destroyed. this is her husband. >> their friends say all the memories and everything inside the house is destroyed. >> they couldn't save anything. rotor flames and heat spread being quickly. >> that much fire, you need a lot of water and a lot of hoses and a lot of personnel to control it. >> reporter: manassas stand fire chief says 120 firefighters helped to fight this one. city officials say they can't believe what they are seeing. >> we are looking to see what the impact is going to be and what the cause was. >> reporter: fire investigators say finding the cause will be difficu

bob barnard, fox 5 news. >> according to the federal government, in 2008, nearly 6,000 americans wereilled in crashes involving a advertise tracted or inattentive driver -- a distracted or inattentive driver solve the a study has found more than half the country is thought to immunity there the notorious swine flu. the nih estimates roughly 59% of the population is not susceptible to h1n1. doctors say the numbers of immunity people will go up as more people get their seasonal flu shots. >>> another reason you might want to breast feed your baby. the longer babies are breast fed, the longer they will fight inif he cans, according to a new study. -- they will fight infections, according to a new study. >>> it was kind of scary but it was motivating. it was like let's do this. we can find a way out of this. >> it is the story of one sister helping anothatther. wit we come back. >>> a tough game and what does don haven't macnab think about his return trip to philly. have made me, rich and hearty. that's funny. well, i'm rich because... i know, i get it. i laughed. juicy and what does dono

i'm bob barnard with word of a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of sight seeing tour guides. don't miss this story. >>> first it was restoring honor, now another rally looking to restore something else. the big named celebrity behind this one coming up. gary. >> thanks, brian. so, so nice out there today. big question, with the weekend upon success this good stuff going to last the next couple of days? we'll take a complete look at the forecast all coming up. fox 5 news at 10:00 continues. stay with us. j ♪ i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ >>> the pentagon says pope benedict xvi's historic visit to the uk will go on despite a suspected terror plot against the pontiff. six men have been arrested in connection with the threat. fox's greg burke has the latest from london. >> reporter: pope benedict got a good look at british power and porch friday during his four day trip to the united kingdom but away from his ceremony scotland yard swooped in on half a dozen suspec

as bob barnard reports, the victims passionate campaign to get a speed bump in front of his house may have been what got him killed. >> reporter: police say steven carr was shot to death inside his home on sunday night by a neighborhood, david patop. he lived just apr the corner, carr lobbied to get into the front of his house on field master drive. >> it's really sad and unfortunate to think people can fly off the handle that much over just a speed bump. >> reporter: police say carr and his girlfriend were watching tv and when paton forced them into a room. and then his roommate showed up, and when he gave chase the woman ran to the bathroom and called 911. >> it's incredible. don't believe it. >> reporter: next door neighbor willis palmer knew somebody was upset over the speed bump. >> that would be for a period of a week. they would honk overnight. >> he was going to drive into his driveway and they blocked his way and they had talk and he finally got into a driveway and i think a man got into his car and after that steve took him to court. >> reporter: paton was charged for misdem

bob barnard, fox 5 news. >>> a police officer shoots an kill a dog at awe weekend festival here in d.cnow, the people with the dog when the it happened talk to fox 5. we'll share what they had to say coming up next after the break. >>> also, this reporter claims her lacks caused some problems at an nfl team practice. we'll hear from her coming up after the break as well. ♪ i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ >>> one dog owner says a pit bull mix was on the attack but the pit bull's owner is blaming police for shooting and killing his dog. sheila martin silva says the pit bull mix attacked her dog and the other owner. he says the dog wasn't that violent. >> i remember seeing the dog's owner trying to hold him down and the dog bit him too. >> you can see the extent of my injuries, hardly really anything at all. >> reporter: block is blaming police to kill canning his dog. d.c. police are saying the shooting appears to be justified. >>> the new york jets are acussed of some unspo

bob barnard has the story. >> reporter: visiting arlington from their home in canton, ohio. scott and melissa warner have just identified the remains of their 19-year-old heath. he was killed by a roadside bomb in iraq four years ago. he was buried with full military honors. but was he resting in peace where the army said he was. >> it was honoring heath and making sure that he had the digity to be dured where we were told he was buried. >> reporter: it turns out this was his final resting place, positively identified by this tattoo on his arm. but arlington recently found three others buried in the wrong grave. >> to have something like this happening, it is horrifying. and it's really inexcusable. >> reporter: the discrepancies coming to light in this inspector general's report released in june. >> the ig report found 211 discrepancies, in particularly three sections of the cemetery. >> reporter: a senate subcommittee reported as many as 6600 graves at arlington may be unmarked, or mislabeled. >> arlington placed the value we place on life in life and death and the army mu

bob barnard has the story. >> reporter: visiting arlington from their home in canton, ohio scott andve just identified the remains of their marine son, heath. the 19-year-old private was killed by a roadside bomb in iraq four years ago. he was buried with full military honors. but was he resting in peace where the army said he was? >> we were making sure that he had the dignity that he was buried where we were told he was buried. >> reporter: turns out this was heath warner's final resting place, positively identified by this tattoo on his arm. but arlington recently found three others buried in the wrong graves. >> to have something like that happening, it is horrifying. it is absolutely horrifying and it is really inexcusable. >> reporter: the discrepancies coming to light in this inspector general's report released in june. >> the ig report found potentially 211 discrepancies in particularly three sections of the cemetery. or a senate subcommittee reported as many as 6600 graves at arlington may be unmarked, improperly marked or mislabeled. >> early ago ton represents the value we

. >>> water is spilling some of the streets there and bob barnard continues live in a napis is -- annapolis and what is happening where you are. >> reporter: the water is rising and they expecting more and perhaps the mostence is hurricane isabel. the water is up and the water is high and they're expecting it's getting higher perhaps as we go to the left here and you will see some completely over this wall and into that street where there is water right now. the people who have lied through this in the past say some of the water is the sewer overflowing and we're heading here to talk to mr. storm who has, for three decades, owned an ice cream shop here and mr. storm is here. we have sand bags but you're concerned. you think the water could go over the bags, right? >> reporter: a little worried about it and we have seven more hours to go before high tide. we're nervous. >> and you don't think that is enough? and in the city, we talked to the mayor and they expecting the second batch of sand bags and you were saying you're screaming to the police earlier, bring more sand bags. >> right. >> an

fox 5 is working all the angles on this story and begin with bob barnard live at the hospital. >> reporter: tonight the johns hopkins hospital is reportedly back operating as usual, but this place was chaotic during the midday. for a little more than two hours thursday one of the nation's most prestigeous hospitals became an uncertain crime scene with shots fired inside baltimore's johns hopkins hospital. >> it's scary just knowing that someone is on the outside on a rampage with a gun in a hospital where we're supposed to be protected. >> reporter: baltimore police say just after 11 a.m. a doctor was shot in the hallway on the eighth floor. the alleged gunman, so not of a female patient originally -- the son of a female patient originally identified as warren davis. >> mr. davis was receiving some news about the care and the condition of his mother just outside the doorway to that room when he became emotionally distraught. >> reporter: police say mr. davis was actually paul warren pardus, age 50 of arlington, virginia. they say he pulled a semiautomatic pistol from his pants and shot the

fox5's bob barnard explains. >> reporter: have you seen the new ad campaign to get you to stop texting while driving? if this guy would look up he'd see it right there on the back of the metro bus in front of his car. >> i did wonder what it was. >> reporter: it's the image of a blood-splattered cracked wind shield, meant to warn you of the dangers of texting and driving. >> i think it's great big bold letters and everyone under the age of 40 i think knows what "omg" stands for. >> reporter: 50 metro busses will be displaying this ad omg, texting and driving is a dangerous. the brain child of the academy of orthopedic surgeons. >> i don't know if it will make much difference to people who are going to text and drive because they think they can get away from it. >> reporter: orthopedic surgeon dr. watham says he's worked on several patients of people who were injured because of texting and driving. >> most of it is whip lash injuries and back injuries. >> reporter: this girl was hurt by a distracted truck driver in central florida. >> he was text messaging while drievs an 80,000 pound t

our bob barnard has the story. >> reporter: this view from sky fox shows you the devastating nature of. three homes side by side up in flames. scores of firefighters virtually powerless to stop it before the damage was done. investigators believe the fire started in the middle house and then quickly spread in both directions. >> it is beyond the expression in words. >> reporter: two people suffered minor injuries but no firefighters were hurt. one woman was hospitalized from the shock of seeing this, her home basically destroyed. this is her husband. >> it was real bad, you know. we got outside, everybody. >> reporter: their friends say all their memories and effect inside the house is destroyed. >> they couldn't save anything. >> the flame and heat spreading quickly. >> you need a lot of swat are and hoses and a lot of personnel to control it. >> leon buckley says 120 firefighters helped to battle this one including units from fairfax and prince william county. the manassas mayor and other city officials say they can't believe what they are seeing. >> obviously, we are looking for fin

bob barnard has o'malley live with the very latest. bob. >> reporter: brian, no contest for the montgomery county native, former baltimore mayor, democratic governor of maryland. it is governor o'malley, it's going to be you against ehrlich, a rematch of 2006. why should voters give you another four years and not go back to the ehrlich days. >> for one reason only, we need to move forward out of this recession and into new dates of recovery, job creation and economic recovery. if you look at the suburbs, montgomery and prince georges, if you look at life science and technology, that's the future of this economy, and we need to make that transition. we won't make it by running away from it. we make it by making investments in education, affordable college and the things that make us a competitive state economically so we can create jobs. >> reporter: money is tight. everybody knows that across the country. if you win in november, any predictions on when the corner can be turned for education and all the kind of funding efforts. >> none o

fox 5's bob barnard live at suburban hospital in bethesda where most of the injured are being treated. bob. >> reporter: well, brian, eight bus crash victims were treated here tonight at suburban hospital. all but two have just been released. suburban hospital officials say two of the crash victims brought here are elderly suffering severe injuries said to be in fair condition. they spent the day visiting the smithsonian. two other adults and four children are also being treated here considered to be in good condition having spent the day at the national zoo. >> actually six of them came in walking to the hospital. two of them came in on stretchers, but six of them were in surprisingly good condition on arrival to the emergency room. >> reporter: emergency physician barton leonard has been treating some of the injured. >> the children all have families with them and are all in good condition. >> reporter: hospital officials say three of the children are siblings age 9, 11 and 12 who took the day off from school and were traveling with a chaperone. the fourth child is a 6-year- old gir

fox 5's bob barnard is live in baltimore tonight with what we're learning about the suspect. bob. >> reporter: brian, there's still some confusion tonight over his name. police initially identified him as warren davis because of the bracelet hospital issued bracelet on his wrist, then came back and said his name was paul warren pardus. whatever his name, he touched off some terrifying moments here today. for a little more than two hours thursday one of the nation's most prestigeous hospitals became an uncertain crime scene with shots fired inside baltimore's johns hopkins hospital. >> we're from a small town in tennessee. so it's mind boggling. things like this, you know, live on a little farm. >> reporter: baltimore police say just after 11 a.m. a doctor was shot in the hallway on the eighth floor. the alleged gunman, the son of a female patient originally identified as warren davis. >> mr. davis was receiving some news about the care and the condition of his mother just outside the doorway to that room when he became emotionally distraught. >> reporter: police say mr. davis

bob barnard joins us with more. >> president barack obama and defense secretary robert gates have said they want to end "don't ask, don't tell." it's a controversial policy now headed to the u.s. senate to settle. >> since passed by congress in 1993, "don't ask, don't tell" has allowed gays and lesbians to serve in the military but not openly. in may, the house of representatives voted to repeal "don't ask, don't tell." now it's the u.s. senate's turns. >> let me be frank. introducing sexual tension and conduct into our barracks will be a distraction from the very business of the military and that is protecting us from our enemies. >> reporter: antigay groups and some military chaplins say they want the law left as is. >> what's at stake here is that chaplins who hold to a traditional view of morality and the teaching of scripture could eventually be precluded from joining as a chaplin because that view is in contrast with the military's stated policy. >> reporter: the pentagon is in the middle of an in-house survey to see whether allowing gays to serve openly would hurt military life

fox 5's bob barnard live at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: eight hours after the first flames were spotted fire crews are still here and working, the remains of three houses here still smoldering and they just put some water on some of these smoking spots a short time ago. in the middle there where it's believed this thing started, that house burned to the ground. this view from sky fox shows you the devastating nature of this fire, three homes side by side up in flames, scores of firefighters virtually powerless to stop it before the damage was done. investigators believe the fire started in the middle house, then quickly spread in both directions. >> it's beyond the expressions and words. >> reporter: two people suffered minor injuries, but no firefighters were hurt. one woman was hospitalized from the shock of seeing this, her home basically destroyed. this is her husband. >> we feel bad, but we got outside everybody. >> reporter: their friends say all the memories and everything inside the house is destroyed. >> they couldn't save anything. >> reporter: the flames and heat

our team election coverage continues with fox 5's bob barnard. >> good to see you. >> reporter: greeting his campaign staff and a half handful of supporters, martin o'malley is off and running towards november's general elect. he is speaking his second term as the free state's chief executive. >> there is a lot at stake and first and foremost is whether we're able to move out of this recession and transform our economy and move to an era where there is greater job opportunities and people are able to go back to work. that is first and foremost the number one priority is getting our people back to work. >> the campaign spending more than $5 billion this year on public education. look at schooled and they are cutting support staff. some schools are like hoarding their post-it notes. what do you say to families who have kids in public education where times are really tough. >> student achievement has never been higher than it is right now. we've made record investments on the state side in public education but there is not a state in the country that didn't tightening its belt as moms and d

. >> reporter: bob barnard, fox 5 news. >> the general who was nominated to take over the marines spoke out about the policy. we'll hear from him just a bit later. >>> an early morning bike ride ends in a horrible accident all of the woman running for the u.s. senate in maryland was hit and killed. up next, her mother shares the heart breaking story including why she is furious with police involving something they left at the scene. >>> it is being called one of the world's most pressing public health problems, a bacteria resistant to antibiotics and that super bug is moving close are to us. we'll have details on it straight ahead. [ quinn ] my name is quinn, and this is my eggo. on fridays i have hockey before school, so i take two eggo homestyle waffles and put peanut butter inside. [ whispering ] i add a couple chocolate chips when dad's starting the car. [ male announcer ] there's only one way to eat an eggo...your way. [ quinn ] l'eggo my eggo. [ louise ] my name is louise and this is my eggo. on tuesday i go in even earlier than usual. thank goodness for eggo, a nutri-grain waffle

let's check in with bob barnard. bob is live at the o'malley headquarters in baltimore.ob. >> reporter: shawn and brian, there was really no suspense in this election. maryland governor martin o'malley expect tog easily defeat his two democratic challengers in this primary. >> thank you for your work today, great to see you. >> reporter: greeting his campaign staff and a handful of supporters, martin o'malley is off and running toward november's general election, a montgomery county native, seeking his second consecutive term as the chief state executive. >> the concern is whether we're able to move out of this recession and be able to transform our economy and move to an era where there's greater job opportunity and is people are able to go back to work. i mean, that's first and foremost the number 1 priority is getting people back to work. >> reporter: your campaign is spending more than $5 billion this year on public education, and yet you look at schools, they're cutting support staff. some schools are hoarding their post it notes. what do you say to families who hav

bob barnard is here with the story, bob. >> reporter: central to the story of brendan loony, for his large silver spring family, love of country has now taken a terrible toll. >> 10-hut. >> get back, get back. >> reporter: at their practice field in riverdale, maryland, the football team is learning a tough lesson that life isn't forever. >> you know, it's just an empty, sickening feeling throughout your body. you just can't believe what you're hearing. >> reporter: bill mcgregor coached brendan loony in the late 1990s. he was a wide receiver, defensive back. >> his senior year, he was our cocaptain, and he was just a great leader and great young man, just a super, super human being. >> reporter: their undefeated football team his senior year was featured on the cheerios box. >> he was representing us very proudly. >> the greatest kid. we are just depressed over this. >> reporter: an elite navy seal, brandon loony and five other americans were killed tuesday in the crash of a nato helicopter in southern afghanistan, was it shot down or brought down by mechanical trouble, the pentagon

fox 5's bob barnard with this one. >> it was a tense two hours or so in that manassas neighborhood as fire quickly spread from one house to another. you're about to hear a voice from inside the home where the fire started, but first some of the others who couldn't believe what they were seeing. >> 911. where is your emergency? >> there's a house burning in sumner lake. >> reporter: it's just after 3:00 thursday afternoon. a house on tillett loop in manassas has caught fire fanned by strong winds. the flames quickly spread. 911 calls begin flooding prince william county fire dispatchers. >> i'm out hire at tillett loop in manassas. there's a house -- here at tillett loop in manassas. there's a house on fire. >> can you tell where the fire is? >> it looks like it's in the rear of the house. >> like the deck or something? >> i can't tell. i'm down the street and i mean it's just plumes of black smoke now, the whole pretty much neighborhood getting engulfed in black smoke right now. >> reporter: the first call comes from a young man inside the house where the fire started. >> 911. where i

. >> bob barnard, fox 5 news. >>> a luge judge in los angeles recently declared don't ask, don't tell an unconstitutional violation of the due process and free speech rights of gays and lesbians. it is believed more than 1,000 men and women have been kicked out of the military under the law since 1993. >>> consumer groups want salmon that is genetically modified to have special labels. the new salmon has gene from other animals to help them grow fast are but the present rules say the salmon do not require special labels if the government decides they have the same genetic make-up as regular salmon. >>> the d.c. superintendent of education has resigned. the "washington post" is reporting carey brig stepped down via e-mail with just 4 hours notice. the school board is said to be stunned by her decision to leave on such short notice. she says she informed the fair of her plans in mid-august. >>> the washington teacher union is hitting back against comments made by the d.c. school superintendent. michelle rhee says administer "s have to moot i criminal standard to fire inof coursive teach

fox 5's bob barnard here with reaction. >> well, one democrat in the senate vietnam veteran john kerry of massachusetts says the republican filibuster today means gays in the military have no choice but to lie about who they are. on the senate floor don't ask don't tell got torpedoed by republicans who say they were happy to debate funding the military for the next fiscal year. >> but i will not and i urge my colleagues not to allow the defense bill to be a train that to carry through controversial unpopular pieces of legislation. >> reporter: a move to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the u.s. military. >> whether you disagree with this policy, whether you want to keep it or repeal it, the senate should not be forced to make this decision now. >> reporter: while the pentagon's asking men and women in the military what they think, the defense secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff support allowing gays to serve openly. >> secretary gates a republican? besides this policy must change because there's an election coming up? of course not. it's because they reached a c

fox 5's bob barnard explains it is far from a done deal. >> president obama and dense secretary robert gates support ending don't ask, don't tell. so do a majority of house members. the question tonight, how will u.s. senators vote? passed by congress in 1993, don't ask don't tell allows gays to serve in the military, but not openly. in may of this year the house of representatives voted to repeal the ban. now it's the senate's turn. the legislation attached to the defense authorization bill upsetting groups who don't want gays to openly serve in the military. >> the individual senators and how they vote in this motion to proceed is something they'll be held accountable for. >> reporter: at a news conference of christian leaders in washington the family research council's tony perkins urged senators to leave the law alone. >> we would say if this fails tomorrow, the pressure will continue. >> reporter: those who want the policy overturned say more than 13,000 homosexual service members have been fired since don't ask don't tell became law. >> i wanted to serve my country. i'm able to s

fox 5's bob barnard is there tonight on the still dropping story. >> reporter: this fire still smoldering seven hours later. you can see fire crews putting water on some hotspots. in the middle the house that was there is gone. on either side two others destroyed. take a look at this thing from the air. sky fox above the raging infernos around 4:00, three homes up in flames, but the scores of firefighters called to the scene, it's a losing battle for them. later from the ground the 8300 block of tillett loop in manassas looks like something here exploded destroying those three homes, the heat damaging several others. >> when there's that much fire, you need a lot of water, hoses and personnel to patrol it. >> reporter: this house was barely spared. >> looks crazy, like a war. thank god, nobody got hurt. >> reporter: two people did suffer minor injuries, one woman hospitalized from the shock of seeing this, her home basically destroyed. this is her husband. >> we feel bad, but we got outside everybody. >> reporter: investigators believe the fire started in the middle house, then quickly sp

bob barnard here with the story. >> a teenager aves coffin was unearthed at arlington national cemetery this morning to see if he was a disturbing statistics, one of perhaps the hundreds of iraq and afghanistan war dead whose gravesites are misidentified in arlington. the army calls what happened today a verification process. the family involved says it was dreadful. coming to arlington from their home in canton, ohio, scott and melissa warner have just identified the remains of their marine son heath. the 19-year-old private was killed by a roadside bomb in iraq four years ago and was buried with full military honors. [ trumpet playing taps ] >> reporter: but was he resting in peace where the army said he was? >> it was honoring heath and making sure that he had the dignity that he was buried where we were told he was buried. >> reporter: turns out this was heath warner's final resting place, positively i'veed by this tattoo on his -- identified by this tattoo on his arm, but arlington recently found three others buried in the wrong grave. >> to have something like this happening is ab

fox 5's bob barnard is here with this story. >> well, this is not one of those cut and dry cases. the dog was shot and killed by police in the confusing aftermath of an attempted armed carjacking during which shots were fired by the victim. it was his brother's dog that was killed by one of the responding officers as police tried to put that brother in handcuffs. we spoke to their mother tonight. >> oh, boy, it was like a whirlwind around here. >> reporter: dewanna barlow said like many in her landover neighborhood last thursday morning around 1 a.m. she was awakened by the sound of gunfire. she said her son micah was spraying his own crown vick was bullets as armed thieves trying to steal it. then her other son's 4-year-old dog sterling was shot dead by one of the responding police officers. >> she shot mercedes. they put both my -- they shot mercedes. they put both my sons in handcuffs. they had my neighbors on ground and i had to ask to go to the bathroom in my own house. that's so sad. >> reporter: community leaders are calling the incident outrageous. >> this young man pleade